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Episode 65 – Don’t EverQuest-ion me. Don’t ever censor me. Don’t ever leave me.

EverQuest Next looks incredible, Australian censorship continues to infuriate and Phil Fish leaves the industry in a spectacular fashion. Not to mention Bioshock Infinite DLC, crazy Oculus Rift experiments, kickstarter and a little game where you Mount Your Friends. Most incredible of all though is that it was Liam O’Sullivan’s birthday this week!

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Crowd Funding Picks
Paul: Space Shock
James: Space Shock
Ben: Bain’s Redemption

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Tagged 360, Bain’s Redemption, Bang with Friends, bioshock infinite, Boobjam, Censorship, Classification, Cloudberry Kingdom, Crackdown, Dead Rising 2, DK’s Reality Death Maze, Everquest Next, Fez 2, GTA V, Insignificant, Mount Your Friends, Nvidia, Oculus Rift, Outcast, Paperdude, Payday 2, Phil Fish, Planetside 2, Prey 2, Revolution 60, Rise of the Triad, Saints Row IV, Space Shock, Stat Citizen, Super Meat Boy, Sword n Board, Under the Sea, Will to Survive, WoW, xbone, Zynga

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Interview – Ron Gilbert at PAXAUS 2013

At PAXAUS 2013, we had the pleasure of using the noisy media room to catch up with Ron Gilbert in person. You don’t get to meet him in the flesh, you just get to hear him again, but pretty awesome for us, right? We follow up on our Monkey Island/Bioshock Infinite/Lost cross over theory, discuss the role of Kickstarter, potential issues with Oculus Rift and raiding in World of Warcraft. Oh, and rum. Listen to our previous interview with Ron here.

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Tagged Doublefine, Gilbert, Kickstarter, Lost, Lucasarts, Monkey Island, Oculus Rift, PAX, PAXAus, Ron Gilbert, Vegemite

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PAXAus 2013 – VR Insanity

Paul manages to hold down his lunch while he performs some Oculus Rift rocket jumps.

Tagged Oculus Rift, Omni, Team Fortress 2, VR Insanity

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Episode 62 – Prepare yourself (For the fun)

New Grand Theft Auto, new Ratchet and Clank, new Tex Murphy, new Steam sales. Stick that up your fun and smoke it.

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Crowd Funding Picks
Paul: Organic Panic
James: Lioness
Ben: Organic Panic

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Tagged 3DS, AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! for the Awesome, Activision, Akira, Alien Spidey, Bottles Night Out, China, Cubeworld, Desura, Deus Ex, DOTA2, DriveClub, ESA, Evo, Final Exam, Grand Theft Auto Auto, Kanomi Code, Kickstarter, Linden Lab, Lioness, Live!, McDroid, Microsoft, Mighty Switch Force, Minecraft, MolyJam, Monochrona, Nintendo, Obscure, Oculus Rift, Organic Panic, Pressure, PS4, Rambo, Ratchet and Clank: into the nexus, Skirt quest, Steam, Suda 51, Tex Murphy: Tesla Effect, Tiny Thief, Valve, Viscera Cleanup Detail, Warmachine, wii-u, World of Tanks, xbone

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Episode 59 – WTFosoft!?

Microsoft did some things. Namely going nuclear on the Xbone’s controversial DRM policies. Some people are happy, some people are confused and Ben people are sad about it. But screw that because Paul got an OUYA!

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Tagged Always Online, Animal Crossing: new Leaf, Baldur’s Gate, Bow Blade, Dark Matter, DRM, Dub Wars, EA, Fifa 13, Fightback, HarmoKnight, Hotline Miami 2, Ignite, indie games, IO Interactive, Joe Danger, Ken Levine, Kickstarter, Killer is Dead, Legacy of Kain, LFG – The Fork of Truth, Logan’s Run, Microsoft, Minecraft, Nintendo, Nvidia Shield, Oculus Rift, OUYA, PC, Porn games, PS4, Sec Games, Shadows of the Damned, Soul Saga, Spartacus Legends, State of Decays, Steel Diver, Suda 51, Surgeon Simulator 2013, TF2, The Chaos Engine, Virtual reality, War Z, Wicked Paradise, wii-u, xbone, Xbox One

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Episode 57 – Sneaky Snake Vs Big XBone

There’s a new Solid Snake or maybe there isn’t. Frankly we don’t’ know what to believe any more. We know that the Xbone continues to be the most controversial console announcement in memory, Rogue Legacy is awesome, Deus Ex: The Fall is upsetting and zombie hip hop cyborg ninjas are a good thing. There are only a few days until E3 kids so get your adult diapers ready.

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Tagged 360, Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs, Anthymn, ARAIG, As Real As It Gets, Battlefield 1943, Bound By Flame, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, Decision: Medieval, Deua Ex: The Fall, Dishwasher: Vampire Smiles, Door Kickers, Dragons Dogma, E3, EA, Fable, Fantasia: Music Evolved, Fishjn, Fox engine, Freespace, Halo Spartan Assault, Hideo Kojima, Humble Bundle, indiegogo, Kickstarter, Kifer Sutherland, Knights of Pen and Paper, Legacy of Kain, Life Goes On, Loco Cycle, Marvel Heroes, Massive Chalice, Metal Gear Solid V, Microsoft, Murdered Soul Suspect, Nintendo, Obox One, Oculus Rift, OMGPop, Omni, Oooh way too scary game, Pandora, Pants vs Zombies 2, PC, PES 2014, PS3, PS4, Respawn, Rogue Legacy, Sentinel, Serious Sam 4, Shadow of the Eternals, Siegebreakers, Solid Snake, Sony, State of Decay, Steam, Stick it to the man, The Black Tower, The swapper, Titan Fall, Unreal 4, Void Destroyer, VR, wii-u, xbone, Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z, Zynga

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How Crowd Funding Solved Virtual Reality

In March 2012 the world got its first look at the Oculus Rift. This virtual reality display was accurate, low cost and had the potential to become a serious option for the home virtual reality industry. Other than the impressive tech the difference with this attempt was that to fund the project they used crowd funding via a Kickstarter campaign. This not only helped them raise 2.5 million dollars but made the Rift a recognisable name among gaming enthusiasts overnight.

While we await the consumer launch of the product we have be inundated with support from developers experimenting with the interface and pledging that their titles will be compatible. For the first time VR looks like it has a real chance at taking off with quality hardware and software support but since then we’ve seen other players enter the scene that fill in other parts of the VR experience and yet again crowd funding seems to be a key component.

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Tagged ARAIG, As Real As It Gets, crowd funding, Delta Six, Kickstarter, Oculus Rift, Omni, VR

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Episode 52 – If we pretend this episode is about Call of Duty: Ghosts it will boost the ratings

All the Call of Duty: Ghosts news you can handle! Yep that’s all we talk about. We don’t just briefly mention it and spend most of our time discussing weird Kickstarter projects, Rayman Legends, Starcraft 2 and hilariously ironic game piracy. We wouldn’t pull a classic switcheroo on our listeners like that.

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Tagged 360, Arma 3, City Quest, Curiosity, DNF, Dreamcast, Duke 3d, Duke Nukem, Eternal Darkness, Gam3r Glov3s, Game Dev Tycoon, GTAV, Heavy Rain, Hellraid, Illumiroom, Keyboard Cat, Kickstarter, Lundum Dare, Madden, Molyneux, Monaco, Neverwinter, Nextbox, Nyan Cat, Oculus Rift, Piracy, Rawbots, Rayman: Legends, Red Dead Redemption, Shadow of the Eternals, Silent Enemy, SiSSYFiGHT 2000, Son of Nor, Soul Fjord, Soul Sacrifice, South Park and the Stick of Truth, Starcraft 2, Stonehearth, Towdie, Tug, Warner Bros, wii-u, XBLA, Xbox 720, zeno Clash 2